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Originally posted by: JennyS1138
The dialogue in Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars is wooden compared to what? Titanic, The Sound of Music, The Wizard of Oz and ET? I'm just saying that comparing the dialogue from the OT to the PT is unfair. There are plenty of great lines in the OT....
And in regards to the other comment, I still believe the SW films have not gotten their due. THey didn't win Best Picture, Empire didn't make the AFI list or even get nominated. Nobody in Hollywood has ever ranked SW and Empire as highly as, say, Gone With the Wind or even the Wizard of Oz and I think they should be.
I didn't say I didn't like the lines, I said the dialogue was wooden. Have you ever sat down and actually listened to all that they're saying... "Good, our first catch of the day" e.g. Granted, not all of it is as bad as this, but some of the stuff is still cringe worthy.
I never felt that the Star Wars pictures were best picture worthy, then again, I don't feel like the academy makes a lot of good decisions. In any case, Star Wars was indeed nominated for Best Picture, but Annie Hall won over that and I would have to agree with that, as I think that Annie Hall is a better film, all popularity aside. Empire was not nominated, but I would definetely have to go with Raging Bull (nominated, but didn't win) over it.
Empire may not have been on AFI's list either, but only one sequel managed to make it on (Godfather II). I think they were trying to put on as many films as possible and not catering to film series' by putting every film in the series on even if they deserved it. Much like ROTK's Oscar sweep, having Star Wars on the list is in place of the entire trilogy, not just the first one.